Don't stand in the way of progress, says David Brooks. (AP Photo/Tweetsie Railroad)

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Unleash the "energy revolution," writes David Brooks today, making his pitch for the Kerry-Lieberman-Graham bill. It's imperfect, but an essential start. "Energy innovation is the railroad legislation of today," he argues, and if the US wants to remain the world's "pre-eminent nation," it needs a fundamental overhaul of how it thinks and invests.

"You get the sense that this country is straining against the leash, eager for a new wave of energy development," writes Brooks in the New York Times. "There will be excess, stupidity and greed along the way. But it would be simply amazing if, through some set of narrow political gamesmanship, Washington continued to stand in the way of all this."

Energy is the new gold, whoever has the energy has the wealth and prosperity. if liberals would just see that cheap, plentiful energy would finance all their wonderful dreams but the morons are stuck in the 60's with Hanoi jane.

Snowleopard

Apr 30, 2010 6:24 PM CDT

NZ gets over 2/3rds of its energy from renewables. costa rica gets 95% from renewables. the US gets a lowly 6%. Even spain has 20% from renewables. Weren't we suppose to be the leader in innovative new technologies?

Derni

Apr 30, 2010 4:39 PM CDT

I'm looking and have been for years for new high speed trains like they have in EUROPE..that would help..electric or magnetic..lets get the new tracks down..people will use it if its cost effective and fast